On 24 May 2015 at 6:28, Len Ovens <len@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > In looking for HW, I first chose my cpu. (i5 with 4 cores and no > hyperthreads) Then I looked at the whole line of mother boards that > supported the cpu socket. While there were lots of MB with 1 or two PCI > slots, I looked for maximum and got three because I wanted to avoid > whichever slot uses irq 16 and I have two audio cards. I looked for > something that still has ps2 kb/mouse ports because I have USB audio I try > out sometimes and the mouse can cause trouble (I think there are ways > around this though and I might not be so picky next time). I also wanted > at least two monitor outputs, but this is easy as many MB have three at > least. Monitors are cheap ($90 at walmart) and double monitors for audio > just seems the way to go. I would add, lots of USB ports, but all the MB > have more than I need. Did you buy one of those motherboards to which you refer? If so, what make/model and how well is it working? Thanks Len... -- Kevin _______________________________________________ Linux-audio-user mailing list Linux-audio-user@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx http://lists.linuxaudio.org/listinfo/linux-audio-user
